Albania, Montenegro to Have Open Border

“A joint meeting of cooperation took place between the governments of Albania and Montenegro in the Northern city of Shkodra on Tuesday.

All police departments and forces were engaged by the government to ensure the orderly development of the meeting, which was hosted at the Marubi National Photography Museum.

According to local media reports, at the end of the meeting Albanian Minister of Interior Fatmir Xhafaj and Montenegrin counterpart Mevludin Nuhodzic signed an agreement to open a new border point between the two countries in Shkodra’s Zogaj.

Albania and Montenegro currently have three border crossings in Muriqan, Han i Hotit and Vermosh respectively.” (Tirana Times)

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